The Neighborhood is Alive
The neighborhood is alive with the sound of lawnmowers mulching. Several hard frosts have taken its toll on the leaves that are trying their best to hang on to the tree limbs.
Dennis and I were right out there with the best of them. I have a wonderful six inch rake that is just my size for my strength to help get the leaves out of their hiding spots. Dennis and the Cub Lo-Boy did a great job shredding and mulching. When I took a gander at the trees, we may be doing a repeat of this afternoon . . . several more times. I don’t mind it and it’s less work for next spring.
It was amazing how large a pile of branches we had collected over the last month with the high winds beating and whipping tree stops. All we needed to do was get them down to a size that would fit in our neighbor’s burning pit. Neighbor Bob has the hub of a semi tire. It worked great. Dennis did add a bit extra. He used our electric chainsaw and cut down the Lilac tree in the backyard. It has served us well and with the shade that has taken over the back yard, it wasn’t proud of itself anymore. Without direct sun, the blossoms were lacking. Dennis put it out of its depression.
In between time, I have been in the sewing studio with a mending project. Dennis loves his down filled jacket that he has for everyday wearing. It’s lightweight, warm and easily slides over shirts. Shabby weak nylon zippers . . . ugh! The point of entry for the zipper process to begin is less than desirable. One mis-slip and the zipper is not anchored and the zipper will not function. At that point it may have to be pulled off over the head as the zipper is not running on its rails. Today I replaced the nylon zipper with a stout metal one. When we were in Mankato, I headed for JoAnn’s as I needed a 28″ zipper. Ya . . . right. Coats and Clark had only stocked zippers to the length of 24″. It took a bit but I wouldn’t feel bad if Dennis did wear the jacket when he is out and about. More times than not, the zipper is never pulled all the way to the top. What was disappointing was the cigarette hole that needed attention in the front of the jacket. Mend it up and suck it up as Dennis isn’t going to quit smoking any time soon.
It is left over pork roast made into hot sandwiches for supper with a side of pork and beans.
I might add that since the hips have been working, it feels wonderful to get back to taking a walk every morning. It may not be the two miles that I had been doing, but not having been able to do any amount of walking, I’ll take this and perhaps work into longer walks . . . or not.